Pedagogic Practices, Student Engagement and Equity in Chinese as a Foreign Language Education: In Australia and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781032155852 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 192 str.

Wen Xu

Opis

This book analyses Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) pedagogic practices and learning experiences within a cohort of low socio-economic status students in an Australian primary classroom. It will interest scholars in sociology of education, student engagement, pedagogy and curriculum, CFL education and languages education.

Spis treści

Part I Theory  1. Unpacking the contentious landscape of CFL education in Australia and beyond  2. Establishing a framework to explore pedagogic practices: Bernstein’s pedagogic device  3. Moving theory into practice: Student (dis)engagement  4. The study  Part II Pedagogical changes  5. Curriculum Genre (1): Chinese language learning  6. Curriculum Genre (2): Chinese culture learning  7. Curriculum Genres (3) and (4): Chinese language learning through song and interacting with Chinese peers through video conferencing  8. Pedagogical perspectives from students and the classroom teacher  9. Conclusions

O autorze

Wen Xu is a post-doc research fellow at East China Normal University, China. Her research interests focus on language(s) education and society, socio-cultural studies of education, learner identities, and equity/inequality.